The Great Mississippi Flood of 2011 May2011

Becky has been takeing a lot of photos to document the flooding here around Vicksburg. It crested here at 57.9 feet. Flood stage is 43 feet. It surpassed the flood level of 1927. I took a few shots to post. The town of Vicksburg is built up on a bluff about 200 feet above the river and most of the area of Vicksburg is up high. The flooding around Vicksburg was to the north and south of town where it is lower by the river. North of Vicksburg is where the Delta land starts and the flooding came in about 5 miles from the river.

The river was closed to all boat and barge traffic due to the water level

 and the fast flow

Here is where they closed in the openings in the levee wall downtown along levee street.

North 61 before the water crossed the road. This is about 5 miles north from our house.

Chasing the flood waters.

All the yuck that the flood pushed up. This was from road 465 which had the water covering and was closed to traffic.